1. the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall; [syn: Qin, Qin dynasty, Ch'in, Ch'in dynasty]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Qin
n 1: the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that
established the first centralized imperial government and
built much of the Great Wall [syn: Qin, Qin dynasty,
Ch'in, Ch'in dynasty]